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13 U.S.C. § 181

Population

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(a) During the intervals between each census of population required under section 141 of this title, the Secretary, to the extent feasible, shall annually produce and publish for each State, county, and local unit of general purpose government which has a population of fifty thousand or more, current data on total population and population characteristics and, to the extent feasible, shall biennially produce and publish for other local units of general purpose government current data on total population. Such data shall be produced and published for each State, county, and other local unit of general purpose government for which data is compiled in the most recent census of population taken under section 141 of this title. Such data may be produced by means of sampling or other methods, which the Secretary determines will produce current, comprehensive, and reliable data.(b) If the Secretary is unable to produce and publish current data during any fiscal year on total population for any county and local unit of general purpose government as required by this section, a report shall be submitted by the Secretary to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives not later than 90 days before the commencement of the following fiscal year, enumerating each government excluded and giving the reasons for such exclusion.(Added Pub. L. 94–521, § 8(a), Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2462.)Editorial NotesCodification

A prior section 181, act Aug. 31, 1954, ch. 1158, 68 Stat. 1021, authorizing the Secretary to conduct surveys necessary to furnish current data on subjects covered by the censuses under this title, was repealed by section 8(a) of Pub. L. 94–521. See section 182 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Section effective Oct. 17, 1976, see section 17 of Pub. L. 94–521, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2023 · leading case: Kopp v. State, 595 P.2d 309 (Idaho 1979).
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Kopp v. State, 595 P.2d 309 (Idaho 1979). · cites it 9× “This license was issued on the basis of a 1973 population figure for the City of Twin Falls, prepared by the United States Bureau of the Census pursuant to 13 U.S.C. § 181 (1954). [1] Mr. Jean Milar, the City manager of Twin Falls, obtained the 1973 population figure from a…”
City of Camden v. Plotkin, 466 F. Supp. 44 (D.N.J. 1978). · cites it 3× “The Bureau is authorized to make surveys necessary to furnish this annual data, 13 U.S.C. § 182 , and such interim data is transmitted to the President for use “by the appropriate departments and agencies of the executive branch.”
Poertner v. Hess, 646 S.W.2d 753 (Mo. 1983). · cites it 3× “Interim surveys were authorized if “necessary to furnish annual and other interim current data on the subjects covered by the censuses provided for” in Title 13, 13 U.S.C. § 181 (1970) (current version at 13 U.”
Senate of California v. Mosbacher, 968 F.2d 974 (9th Cir. 1992). “See 13 U.S.C. § 181 . Of course, sampling and other statistical methods have their own problems — problems which led to the Secretary’s decision to refuse to adjust the 1990 census and, indirectly, also led to this litigation.”
Detroit v. Com. (E.D. Mich. 2023). “1 ; see 13 U.S.C. §181 (a) (requiring the Census Bureau to, “[d]uring the intervals between each census of population, .”
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